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Side Project Sues Modern Brewery Over Lightbulb Design
In cartoons, a lightbulb signifies that someone's had a great idea. But for two craft breweries in St. Louis, the lightbulb has become a sign of controversy — with a lawsuit in federal court alleging...
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Ballwin Police Officer Ambushed During Traffic Stop Is Paralyzed
Ballwin police officer Mike Flamion, who was ambushed ten days ago during a traffic stop, is "paralyzed from the neck down," his chief says. An ex-con rushed the officer from behind on July 8 and...
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Ex-St. Louis Cardinals Official Sentenced to 46 Months In Hacking Scandal
A federal judge hammered an ex-St. Louis Cardinals official for hacking the Houston Astros' computers, sentencing him to nearly four years in prison. Christopher Correa, the 36-year-old former...
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Critic's Pick: New Orleans Jazz Vipers to Perform at the Focal Point This...
Some of us were lucky enough to catch a teenaged Charlie Halloran playing trombone alongside his older brother Tommy (a recent RFT Music Award winner) in a band called the Ambiguous They. But once...
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I Read the Comments: Highway Shutdown Edition
"Don't read the comments." It is a truism as old as the Internet itself, one built on years of bad experiences and aimed at preserving the sanity of all online society.…
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St. Louis Is Blocking Mobile Gun Storage Business, Founder Says
Justin Hulsey had hoped to spend July 15 watching lines of Cardinals fans depositing weapons and valuables in his armored truck. Instead, the veteran says he spent five-and-a-half hours at St. Louis...
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Here's What People Are Really Thinking When You Tell Them Your High School
"What high school did you go to?" It's one of the most frequently uttered sentences in St. Louis — a common ice breaker when two people first meet. People claim to ask the question for various...
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Black St. Louis Neighborhoods Cut Off from Mortgage Lending, Banks, Report Finds
Just a 15-minute drive from the scene of Michael Brown’s death, the flashpoint of a two-year period that has seen St. Louis take a hard look at its patterns of segregation, advocates gathered this...
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A Pokemon Go Event in St. Charles Tomorrow Turns Collecting into Competition
Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm — and local businesses are doing their best to get in on the buzz. Numerous bars have organized Pokémon-based pub crawls; the Gateway Grizzlies even hosted an...
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In Notfilm, Ross Lipman Delves into the Nature of Cinema
Following a timeline that stretches from Charlie Chaplin's film debut in 1915 to the digital cinema coup of roughly a century later, film historian and restorationist Ross Lipman's Notfilm is a kind...
View ArticleTwo Great Performances Drive Grey Gardens at the Jewish Community Center
America is a country of bizarre second acts. This much was confirmed when I went looking for more information on Edith Bouvier Beale's musical output, and instead discovered...
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Brian Wilson's Latest Tour May Be Your Last Chance to Hear Him Perform Pet...
When Brian Wilson's musical director Paul Mertens calls, it is the week after a show in Ra'anana, Israel. As the band was onstage performing Pet Sounds, the Beach Boys' epochal 1966 album, two...
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A Trip Down the Mississippi to Explore the Spooky River
Illustrator Tim Lane makes the Mississippi River the hero of his new graphic story, "Spooky River." Part one is this week's cover story; we'll continue to follow this tale throughout the next year.…
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Review: Weber Grill Restaurant Fancies Up the Backyard Barbecue
The entrance to Weber Grill Restaurant seems more like an overgrown memorial to a lost barbecuing civilization à la Planet of the Apes than an homage to its founder. Before the front doors stands a...
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Have You Seen This Horse? Missouri Couple Begs for Clues
A Missouri couple is begging for the return of its therapy horse. Suzanne and Mark Lenz report that Cooper, their 12-year-old Palomino Missouri Fox Trotter Gelding, went missing from his pasture in...
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Newly Announced: Schoolboy Q, Bleached, Steel Panther, Tory Lanez and More
Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention. Page two contains our complete listing of new shows, so...
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Uber Driver Arrested at Lambert Airport After Dropping Off Passenger
UberX driver Gary Dees thought he was following the rules when he dropped off a passenger at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport last Thursday. He had made the same trip dozens of times before.…
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St. Louis Artist Attacked by Kids in BMW Yelling "Get That Nigga,"...
A St. Louis hip-hop artist and motivational speaker was attacked by a gang of youths on Saturday night in south St. Louis, who attempted to rob him at gunpoint and then chased him down with their BMW,...
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1764 Public House Will Bring 'Vibrant Nightlife' to Euclid and West Pine
The new Gamlin Restaurant Group concept being planned for the long-vacant corner of West Pine and Euclid will be called 1764 Public House — and it plans to offer "a vibrant nightlife scene," along...
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